The Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation is pleased to introduce the 2022 Curci Ph.D. Scholars. The Curci Foundation worked with the University of California Berkeley, the University of California San Diego, the University of California San Francisco, the University of Colorado Boulder, the University of Utah, and the University of Washington, each of which selected incoming Ph.D. students in Life Sciences to receive funding to assist with tuition and living expenses.

University of California Berkeley

Antony Lurie

Department: Molecular and Cell Biology
Home country: Canada

Brigette Manohar

Department: Molecular and Cell Biology
Home country: Trinidad & Tobago

Ola Mostafa

Department: Molecular and Cell Biology
Home country: Egypt

Lara Vetter

Department: Molecular and Cell Biology
Home country: United States

Zhiwei Xue

Department: Molecular and Cell Biology
Home country: China

Zehan Zhou

Department: Molecular and Cell Biology
Home country: Canada

University of California San Diego

Devanshi Agarwal

Department: Biological Sciences
Home country: India

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Toheeb Balogun

Department: Biological Sciences
Home country: Nigeria

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Diana Ofelia Lopez Cantu

Department: Biological Sciences
Home country: Mexico

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Isabel Mejia

Department: Biological Sciences
Home country: United States

Sneha Patel
Department: Biological Sciences
Home country: United States
Zijing Tan

Department: Biological Sciences
Home country: China

University of California San Francisco

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Amélie Marie Lucie Delcourt

Department: Tetrad
Home country: United States

Ricardo Espinosa Lima

Department: Developmental and Stem Cell Biology
Home country: Mexico

Yang-Sun Hwang

Department: Neuroscience
Home country: South Korea

Gabriella (Gabi) Maldonado

Department: Tetrad
Home country: United States

Tuan Thinh (Caleb) Tong

Department: Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences
Home country: Vietnam

Xinlan Wen

Department: Neuroscience
Home country: China

University of Colorado Boulder

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Sophie Breunig

Department: Psychology and Neuroscience
Home country: Germany

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Chang (Angie) Liu

Department: Biochemistry
Home country: China

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Joshiah Peters

Department: Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Home country: Nigeria

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Emily Prevost

Department: Psychology and Neuroscience
Home country: United States

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Hope Townsend

Department: Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology
Home country: United States

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Emily Yeo
Department: Integrative Physiology Home country: South Africa

University of Utah

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Aakriti Bhandari

Department: Neuroscience
Home country: Nepal

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Jiyeon Hyun

Department: Biological Sciences
Home country: Republic of Korea

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Warittakorn Kategeaw

Department: Pharmacotherapy
Home country: Thailand

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Shannuo Li

Department: Molecular Pharmaceutics
Home country: China

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Farhan Muhib

Department: Biomedical Engineering
Home country: Bangladesh

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Becca Schnabel

Department: Neuroscience
Home country: United States

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Madelyn Stout

Department: Biomedical Engineering
Home country: United States

University of Washington

Sahar Attar

Department: Genome Sciences
Home county: Iran

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Hung Chen

Department: Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Home country: Taiwan

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Risako Gen

Department: Biochemistry
Home county: Japan

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Marta Trzeciak

Department: Pharmacology
Home county: Poland

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Gabriela Verdezoto

Department: Immunology
Home country: Ecuador

Abe Wu

Department: Bioengineering
Home country: Taiwan